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J. COSTELLO.

` BUTTON. No. 379,529. Patented Mar. 1s, 1888..

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NrTnD STATES JOHN COSTELLO, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OFONE- HALF TO JAMES F. SIMMS, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,529, dated March13, 1888.

Application filed July 29, 1887'. Serial No. 245,585. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN COSTELLO, of Attleborough, in the county ofBristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hinged-Shoe Buttons, of which the following is a full,clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a collar, cuii", or sleeve button having ahinged shoe, which may be tilted at an angle to the button-head, forentering` the button in or removing it from a button-hole, and which maybe placed parallel, or nearly so, with the button-head in order to lockand confine the button in a buttonhole.

'Ihe objects of my invention are to improve this class of buttons and torender the hinging connection of the same stronger and more durable.

rIo the aforesaid purposes my invention consists in the certain noveland peculiar arrangement and construction of the several parts of thebutton, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure l is aside View of my improved button with the lever-arms thrown downinsubstantially parallel relation with the button-head, and with the armsalso shown in broken lines as drawn up in angular relation with thebutton-head; and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is adiminished detailed view of the several component parts of the buttonplaced apart, though in their relative positions. Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view of Fig. 2, the section being taken on line 4 4 thereof.Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the top plate and the subjacenthingeplate detached, the section being taken on line 5 5 in Fig. 2.Figs. 6 and are sectional views of other forms of the improved parts ofthe device.

In the said drawings like numbers of reference designate correspondingparts throughout.

Referring to the drawings, the number 8 designates the cup-shapedcap-plate, in the concavity of which is seated the dat circular bottomplate, 9, which may, if desired, be made of resilient material. The disk-like hingeplate 10 is formed with an H-shaped central slot, 11, whichis appropriate to receive the hinging T ends of the lever arms or postsl2 and 13, respectively, at the respective ends of the said slot. Thehingeplate 10 is placed intermediate the bottom plate, 9, and the topplate, 14, so that the hinging ends ofthe arms may be confined in theirproper positions. rIhe top plate, 14, is formed with the centralopening, 15, through which the arms of the button Vmay pass, and, ifpreferred, this plate may also be made of elastic material in order togive a better spring action to the movable parts of the button. 'Ihecap-plate 8 has its rim formed over upon the rim of the top plate, 14,so as to hold the three several plates together.

The lever-arms 12 and 13 are provided with the transverse bends 16 and17 and 18 and 19, respectively, (shown clearly in Fig. 4,) and they arealso providedwith the hiuging T ends 2() and 2l, respectively, whichtake in the respective T-shaped ends of the slot 11 of the hingeplate10. The lever-arm 18 is formed with the longitudinal opening 22, whichis of sufficient Vsize to allow the arm 12 to pass easily therethrough.The lever-arms each have the two opposite transverse bends in them, andare hinged, respectively,upon opposite sides of the plate, and whenthese arms are folded down they cross the center of the plate and extendto the opposite side of the plate from where they are hinged.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the arm 13 is omitted, and the device, which in Fig. 6forms a clasp, is constructed with the single arm or post 12.

In order to securely hold the top plate, 14, and the hinge-plate 10 intheir true relative positions, I form the hinge-plate, when cutting thesame out, with the perforations 22X, into which take the lockingprojections 23, which I construct upon the top plate by punching thematerial up when stamping out the plate. By virtue of such lockingmeans, which are clearly shown in Fig. 5, the two plates are pre--vented from moving on each other in operating the button, so that theslots ofthe two respective plates will always be maintained in the samerelation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- IOO 1. In a hinged-shoe button, the combination, ashereinbefore set forth, with the cap-plate and the bottom plate settherein, and the arms of the button provided with hinging ends, of thehingeplate suitably slotted to receive the hinging ends of the arms andformed with perforations, the top plate slotted to admit the arms andplaced in contact with the hingeplate, and provided with lockingprojections for entering the perforations of the said hingeplate andlocking the same xedly thereto, substantially as and for the purposeherein described.

2. In a hinged-shoe button, the combination, with the hinge-plate 10,provided with the H shaped slot and formed with perforations, of the topplate, 14, provided with the slot 15, and locking projections 23,constructed to permanently secure the plates against rotation and securethe T-shaped ends of the levers, as described.

j 3. The combination, as hereinbefore set forth, with the cap-plate 8and the bottom plate, 9, seated therein, the hingeplate 10, providedwith the slot 1l and formed with ,the perforations 22X, and the topplate, 14, provided With the slot 15, and having the locking projections23,for entering the said perforation 22 of the hinged plate, which isintermediate the said top and bottom plates, of the arms provided withhinging ends which are hinged within the slot 11 of the hingeplate, andwhich pass through the slot 15 of the top plate, 14, substantially asand for the purpose herein described.

JOHN COSTELLO.

Witnesses:l

M. F. BLIGH, J. A. MILLER, Jr.

